reticence
英 ['retɪs(ə)ns]
美['rɛtəsns]
- n. 沉默寡言
实用场景例句
- She is so reticent about her achievements...
- 她对自己的成就缄口不言。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Mrs. Smith, normally a reticent woman, took it upon herself to write to the President.
- 通常都很沉默的史密斯夫人决定自己给总统写信。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This was the answer to Ashley's reticence, to his strange conduct.
- 是了,希礼之所以始终不响, 所以有那么出乎意外的行为,如今都得到解释了.
辞典例句
- He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story.
- 他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我.
《简明英汉词典》
- He broke out of his normal reticence and told me the whole story.
- 他打破了平时一贯沉默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我.
辞典例句
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a close U.S. ally , showed no such reticence.
- 澳洲总理霍华德虽是美国亲密的盟友, 但可就没有这麽节制了.
期刊摘选
- A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
- 一个坚固婚姻的基础不是完全的坦白, 而是懂得在什么时候保持缄默.
期刊摘选
- His reticence are more revealing than his speech.
- 他的沉默所表露的要胜过他的言词.
辞典例句
- But why the reticence when I inquired about the Hainan development?
- 但当我问及海南开发项目时,朱鼎健为何会保持缄默 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- It was impossible to break through her barricade of reticence.
- 要打破她沉默的壁垒简直是不可能的.
期刊摘选
- There is a quite natural reticence for them to reveal it to outsiders.
- 他们也不大愿意向外人讲,那很自然.
辞典例句
- There is a quite natural reticence to reveal it to outsiders.
- 他们也不大愿意向外人讲.
辞典例句
- Less information and reticence are characteristic of prizewinners this year.
- 信息少和严谨是今天获奖作品的特征.
期刊摘选
- Both parties are deservedly upbraided for their reticence on exactly how to cut the fiscal deficit.
- 两党对到期如何削减财政预算而保持缄默,因此应该受到责备.
期刊摘选
- However, your reticence to share could stir up in securities in someone around you.
- 然而你的躲闪可能会搅动某人心中的不安全感.
期刊摘选
- He always displays a certain reticence in discussing personal matters.
- 他在谈论个人问题时总显得有些保留.
辞典例句
- Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors.
- 她的寡言少语和前任们的光鲜亮丽、明星范儿十足形成了鲜明的对比。
柯林斯例句
- Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.
- 珀尔并不介意他沉默寡言；事实上，她喜欢这一点。
柯林斯例句